Sexual Abuse During Childhood

Evaluating Risk Factors: Sexual Abuse During Childhood

Evaluating your likely current (and near future) state of health means taking into account the risk factors — such as sexual abuse during childhood — that affect you.
Our medical diagnosis tool, The Analyst™, identifies major risk factors by asking the right questions.

In the Childhood section of the questionnaire, The Analyst™ will ask the following question about sexual abuse during childhood:

Were you ever molested / sexually abused / raped as a child? Only include incidents that occurred up until the age of 18.

Possible responses:

→ No / can't remember / don't know
→ There was occasional molestation
→ Frequent molestation and/or isolated serious abuse
→ Occasional serious abuse over a long period
→ Frequent serious abuse over a long period

The Diagnostic Process

Based on your response to this question, which may indicate either sexual abuse during childhood or severe sexual abuse during childhood, The Analyst™ will use differential diagnosis to consider possibilities such as: